Senior Quantity Surveyor

Iberdrola Renewables; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in renewable energy is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor in Glasgow. The role involves overseeing a team of professionals, managing commercial aspects of projects, and ensuring maximum entitlement. A competitive salary, along with a strong benefits package, is provided to support personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Double match pension scheme

36 days paid vacations

Share schemes

Holiday purchase options

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Healthcare benefits

Life Assurance

Technology Vouchers

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience in Quantity Surveying within Civil Engineering or Utilities.
• Experience managing a team and understanding commercial requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Quantity Surveyors.
• Provide commercial support for Energy Networks goals.
• Manage performance and recruitment of QS staff.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Strong communication

Numeracy

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

HND/HNC in relevant subjects

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Salary from £57,600 to £72,000 per annum plus strong benefits package and excellent career progression opportunities/support.

Benefits include: Our double match pension – where we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%, 36 days paid holidays, Share Schemes, Holiday purchase and much more (more details below)

Location: St Vincent Crescent

Permanent / Full Time

Help us create a better future, quicker

Role

To lead a team of professional Quantity Surveyors ensuring that risks to Energy Networks are known and mitigated and maximum entitlement obtained. Providing commercial support to the delivery of SPD Energy Networks Business goals & objectives.

To support the Commercial & Contracts Manager as required.

What you’ll be doing

• Full supervision and line management of a team of quantity surveyors, trainee quantity surveyors and contract QS staff.

• Performance management of the QS team with the assistance of the Commercial & Contracts Manager.

• Adhoc support to the Commercial & Contracts Manager as required

• Ensure recruitment, absence, management and disciplinary issues are managed effectively

• Manage staff performance by setting and reviewing objectives and undertaking regular formal appraisals

• Recruit, select and deploy staff to priorities and ensure business objectives are achieved

• Take responsibility for your own personal development

• Contribute as a member of the SPD Energy Networks business to ensure our overall business objectives are met.

• Ensuring the placing of Sub-contracts is in line with the requirements of the Operational staff and SPD Energy Networks published policies and procedures.

• Continual review of Sub-contractor portfolio and Sub-contracts terms and conditions to ensure best value for SPD Energy Networks.

• Formulation of instructions to Sub-contractors to vary works.

• Supervision and auditing of Sub-contractor payments / contra charges and performance.

• Agreement of final accounts in conjunction with Commercial & Contracts Manager and Operational staff.

• Provide Subcontractor cashflow forecasts and accruals to finance team at monthly intervals if required

• Supervision, production and reporting on month end CVR’s with District QS team and District PM’s.

• Carry out and support necessary cost/value exercises throughout monthly cycles.

• Carry out and ensure timely submission of requests for payment.

• Ensure full entitlement is claimed on all contracts.

• Support credit control team to ensure that cash is received by the due date

• Carry out re-measurement/audits of work as required.

• Ensure variations/ refunds of all types are identified, evaluated and paid.

• Support Operations by providing ad-hoc commercial advice.

• Meet clients to resolve disputes and finalise scheme accounts.

• Ensure adequate Operational and Commercial records maintained.

• Compliance with procedures

• Supervise and support the Tendering Process, ensuring that all schemes are reviewed in line with current pricing policies and the findings reported back.

• Supervision, production and evaluation of Sub-contract enquiries and Tenders.

• Lead QS team in assessing Contractual claims, provide risk assessment to business and derive conclusion.

• Closures – assessment of completed projects to ensure all values/payments in from various – cost/values progressed to completion.

• Ensure profitability of each District is maintained by reviewing on a monthly basis loss making projects and reasons for such losses. Taking the necessary steps to eradicate the losses by the raising of variations, billing etc.

• Assist in the setting of new estimating rates from first principles and the build-up of compatible units

What you’ll bring

• A minimum of 10 years QS experience within either Civil Engineering or Utilities Sector.

• Ideally possess a degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or similar, or HND/HNC of a relevant subject

• Able to provide strong leadership to the team

• Ability to deliver improved performance

• Gained sufficient experience working as a QS to understand Commercial requirements and managing a team.

• Health, Safety and Environmental Policies, Procedures and requirements.

• Industrial Relations Framework and associated issues

• Computer literate (Word, Excel, Access)

• SPD Energy Networks Operational Policies, Practices & Procedures

• SPD Energy Netwroks strategic aims and targets.

• Highly numerate.

• Professionally presented and a good communicator

• Flexible in approach

• Finance Procedures within SPD Energy Networks.

• Excellent understanding of methods of measurement.

• Excellent working knowledge of common forms of Contract and Sub-contract and use of same.

• Fully Competent at cost/value reconciliations.

• Understanding of requirement for Commercial records.

• Full understanding of Ofgem implications on the SPD Energy Networks business

Minimum Criteria

• Valid full driver’s licence

• Proven experience in Quantity Surveying across multiple locations and high volume works

• Experience of operating in a commercial market

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow.

That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Schemes

• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans

• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

, , and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require -related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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July-9-2025